Journal
JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages 84-97Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.11.005
Keywords
Dissolved organic matter; Amino acids; Behavior; Source; Yield; Degradation; East China Sea
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41030858]
- National Natural Science Foundation for Creative Research Groups [41221004]
- Changjiang Scholars Program, Ministry of Education of China
- Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province
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Concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and its major compound classes total hydrolysable amino acids (THAA) were measured at 4 cross-shelf transects of the East China Sea in July 2011. Surface concentrations of DOC, DIN, DON and THAA at the nearshore stations were mostly in excess of those found at the offshore sites, indicating either substantial autochthonous production or allochthonous inputs from the Changjiang River. The vertical distributions of DOC, DON and THAA showed similar trends with higher values in the surface layer, whereas the elevated concentrations of DIN were observed in the bottom layer. Major constituents of THAA presented in the study area were glycine, serine, alanine, glutamic add, aspartic acid and valine. The mole percentages of neutral amino acids increased from surface water to bottom water, whereas acidic and hydroxy amino acids decreased with the water depth. Concentrations of DOC and THAA were negatively correlated to the Delta DIN values (the difference between the real concentration and theoretical concentration), respectively, indicating the coupling relation between dissolved organic matter (DOM) remineralization and nutrient regeneration in the water column. The C/N ratios in the water column exhibited different characteristics with elevated values appearing in the surface and bottom layers. Box and whisker plots showed that both degradation index (DI) values and THAA yields displayed a decreasing trend from the surface layer to the bottom layer, implying increasing degradation with the water depth. Our data revealed that glycine and alanine increased in relative abundance with decreasing DI, while tyrosine, valine, phenylalanine and isoleucine increased with increasing DI. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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